- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of a girl blessing Shabbat candles and a boy raising a glass of kiddush wine. Photo from the Board of Jewish Education.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education
- Subjects
- Candles and lights (Judaism)
- Sabbath
- Students
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 78
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty-one photographs from the Canada-Israel Committee rally at the Royal York Hotel. Most photos depict speakers at the rally; there are also two photos of a table in the lobby with the sign "Pay UJA-ISF Pledge Here." Several photos depict Murray Koffler at the podium.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Canada-Israel Committee
- Koffler, Murray, 1924-2017
- Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1993 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-19
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 68 photographs
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes on the barbecue and Festival by staff coordinator Ronit Climan; a list of corporate donors; a rental agreement for golf carts; and several different thank you letters. There are also 60 photographs of the Festival, most of which are of the entertainment. These include performers on stage, shots of audience members dancing, clowns, a cowboy magician and trampolinists. There are also some pictures of the petting zoo, of families and of Federation staff working at the event.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1992 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-18
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and an outline of the proceedings for the closing ceremony of the Yom Yerushalayim Celebration following the Walk. The records include thank-you letters to the event's VIP's: M.P.P. Monte Kwinter, North York Mayor Mel Lastman, Premier Bob Rae, and Israel Consul General Oren David. There are also brief biographies of Oren David and Monte Kwinter.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photos, each one of an unidentified rabbi with chldren. One is lighting the hanukiah for hanukiah. The other is teaching bar mitzvah boys to read from the Torah.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Subjects
- Children
- Hanukkah
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Client agency correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 18
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 7 Aug. 1963-2 Dec. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with and about the B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 556
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 Sep. 1981
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one negative and thirteen photographs of the Lipa Green building groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 27, 1981. Identified in the photos are Wilf Posluns, Mr. and Mrs. Al Green, Ben Schneider, Irwin Gold, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Israeli, Mr. and Mrs. David Smuskovitz, J.B. Salsberg, Mel Lastman, David Rotenberg, Al Latner, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Green, and Jack Rose.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Subjects
- Building
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Youth for Youth sub-committee sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-7
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 30 photographs: col. (17 negatives) ; 10 x 15 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs and negatives taken at the 1996 essay contest awards ceremony, and a clipping of an article about the ceremony. Those identified in the photographs include Wanda D. Lerek, Michael Cole, and essay winners Elad Gafni, Gary Peires, Nir Lipsman, Christine Palmay and Jacky Lee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 213
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 Mar. 1976
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of a cheque being presented to B'nai Sephardim.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 68
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 6 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of six 35mm slides depicting a group meeting at Lawrence Plaza. Armbands distributed read, "Freedom for Soviet Jews."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Subjects
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 93
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 8 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of eight 35mm slides depicting a rally for Sylva Zalmanson held at Nathan Phillips Square. Protesters hold signs that read "Free the Jewish prisoners of conscience," "Let my people go" and "Freedom for Soviet Jewry."
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 60
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three photographs taken at an unidentified event at Nathan Phillips Square in 1972. In the first photo, a man and woman gaze at something behind the photographer. In the second photo, a girl holds the Israeli flag. In the third, a speaker stands at a podium surrounded by photographers.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photography, Toronto.
- Places
- Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Second Generation sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-10
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1986, 1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 15 photographs: col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs and flyers from the protests against Nazi war criminals in Canada and correspondence raising awareness of the issue.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Nazis--Canada
- War criminals--Canada
- Places
- Canada
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 218
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Helen Gross presenting a cheque to the B'nai Israel Beth David Women's Division.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital image. (MF)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- General Campaign records sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-2
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939-1942
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two editions of a UJWF fundraising circular organized and laid out as tabloid newspapers. Each contains a variety of short "articles" on the need for increase donations towards the Toronto campaign to support local Toronto agencies and assists in international aid for Jewish refugees.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 42
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 12 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twelve slides depicting Jewish Immigrant Aid Services staff assisting new immigrants arriving at the airport.
- Name Access
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto
- Subjects
- Airports
- Immigrants
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- General Campaign records sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-2
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 11 Jun. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a bound report about the UJA Appeal from September 1961 to June 1963. Included are various financial reports and meeting minutes of committees involved in Campaign.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [197-]-[200-]
- Physical Description
- 5.8 metres of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Toronto Holocaust Museum's mandate is to foster understanding and knowledge of the Holocaust and related human rights issues and promote dialogue about civil society. Its origins can be traced to the late 1940s, when the Federation of Polish Jews of Canada began organizing an annual event to commemorate the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (now often held in conjunction with Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day). In the 1950s, the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) took over this role and established the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Committee. By the early 1970s, the CJC had renamed this committee the Holocaust Remembrance Committee.
- Throughout the 1970s, the scope of the committees work expanded to include liaison with school boards regarding Holocaust curriculum, outreach with Christian communities, school visits by survivor speakers, and the sponsorship of Holocaust-related events. In 1976, the committee became accountable to the newly formed Toronto Jewish Congress (TJC) but continued to report to the CJC Central Region.
- By 1976, committee members were discussing the need for a Holocaust memorial in Toronto. Space for such a memorial became available when the Lipa Green building at 4600 Bathurst Street was being planned. A separate committee known as the Toronto Holocaust Memorial Committee formed around 1983 under the chairmanship of Gerda Frieberg to help plan and fundraise for the memorial. Funds were raised through parlour meetings in private homes, grants from the federal and provincial governments, and the sale of memorial tiles which were inscribed with the names of relatives who perished in the Holocaust. The Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre opened in September 1985. It consisted of a Hall of Memories, which housed the memorial tiles, and an audiovisual presentation and text panels on Jewish history and the Holocaust. Soon after the opening, the Toronto Holocaust Memorial Committee merged with the Holocaust Remembrance Committee.
- During the early 1980s, while plans were still underway for the memorial centre, the Holocaust Remembrance Committee continued to expand its activities to include the development of annual workshops and symposiums for teachers and students, planning an annual Holocaust Education Week, initiating an oral history program to document the testimony of local survivors, and offering programs for children of survivors. After the Holocaust centre opened in 1985, it began running tours led by survivors for community and school groups in its new facility. The 1990s was marked by increased services and programs for survivors, outreach with younger generations, the establishment of an annual writing contest for high school students, and the establishment of a resource centre that came to be known as the Anita Ekstein Holocaust Resource Library. In 1992, the TJC and CJC transferred responsibility for the centre to the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation, and the centre remains part of that organization today.
- Since 2000, the centre has continued to increase its programming. In 2003, it began presenting an annual program to commemorate Raoul Wallenberg Day. In 2007, the museum’s exhibition was fully re-designed and updated. Since its establishment, the centre has sponsored and hosted a variety of temporary Holocaust-related exhibitions and programs across the province and has partnered with other agencies to advocate for human rights, promote Holocaust education, and document survivor testimony. In 2009, the centre was renamed the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust and Education Centre. In 2023, the centre was renamed the Toronto Holocaust Museum to reflect its new state-of-theart museum located on UJA's Serhman Campus.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting the history, governance, operation, programs, and activities of the Toronto Holocaust Museum. Included are meeting minutes, reports, publications, correspondence, photographs, invitations, statistics, financial records, sound recordings, promotional material, forms, studies, ...
- Series is arranged into 21 sub-series: 1. Holocaust Education Committee; 2. Executive Committee; 3. Administration; 4. General correspondence; 5. Committees and meetings; 6. Studies and surveys; 7. Youth for Youth subcommittee; 8. Special Services Committee; 9. Christian Jewish Dialogue; 10. Generation to Generation subcommittee; 11. Hidden Children/Child Survivors; 12. Education; 13. Museum; 14. Yom Hashoah; 15. Holocaust Education Week; 16. Raoul Wallenberg Day; 17. Documentation; 18. Projects and events; 19. Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers; 20. Membership; 21. Marketing and publicity; and 22. Subject files.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes ca. 2000 photographs, 5 buttons, 11 audio recordings, 3 DVDs, 3 video cassettes and 2 posters.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-30
- 2002-10-67
- 2004-6-10
- 2005-2-3
- 2005-3-1
- 2006-8-15
- 2007-8-7
- 2010-6-2
- 2011-12-2
- 2012-3-8
- 2012-3-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Client agency correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 18
- File
- 41
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 24 Jan. 1963-27 Dec. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with and about the Toronto Zionist Council.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 35
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959-1971
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty-three photographs and four negatives of interior and exterior scenes at the Jewish Public Library at Glen Park Avenue from 1959 to 1971. Photographs include exterior shots of the old building at Markham Street and Harbord Street, the new building at Bathurst Street and Glen Park Avenue (including a negative of a drawing of the proposed building plan by architect Ralph M. Goldman), several portraits of visitors reading and browsing the stacks, and a study group with Rabbi Israel Frankel; all are publicity photos. Identified on the back of a photo from the 1962 opening ceremonies are Vernon Singer (Reeve, North York), Sam Sable, Florence Hutner (Executive Director, UJWF), Edward G. Gelber, William Allen (Metro Chairman), Bert Godfrey, Nathan Phillips (Mayor, Toronto), Allan Grossman (MPP), Irving Paisley (Councillor, North York), Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg, Rabbi W. Wurzburger, Rabbi I. Frankel, Mirial Small, Myer Sharer, Meyer Gasner, and Dr. Joseph Diamond.
- Notes
- Photos by Jack Mitchell Photography, The Globe and Mail, Graphic Artists Photographers, and Federal Newsphotos of Canada.
- Name Access
- Jewish Public Library (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Libraries
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Glen Park Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Harbord Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Markham Street (Toronto, Ont.).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions